The excuse offered to secure the passage of the 16th Amendment for the Income Tax was that it was only supposed to be a small tax to be more efficient than tariffs and wouldn’t be raised… it’s been raised over and over ever since. Many states would not have ratified it had they known this.
The welfare state began in the 1930s after the creation of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. It was originally supposed to be temporary aid for widows with children who were suffering. It only grew from there and created a massive dependent welfare class in this country.
The Patriot Act was passed following 9/11 as a means to “fight terrorism” and was only supposed to be temporary while we combated the terrorists that attacked us. 19 years later Bin Laden is dead and it’s still around, more invasive than ever, and all the government now has to do is label you a terrorist and your rights are gone.
These Covid-19 policies are offered up as “temporary measures to protect us from the virus.” But they’re not going away. First it was just for “15 Days to Flatten the Curve” and it keeps getting extended indefinitely. Now it’s “until there’s a vaccine.” But anyone with deductive logic can see where this is going. There will be excuse after excuse to keep these measures in place until people just willingly accept them as “the new normal.” Should this country still exist in 18 years, you’ll have teenagers voting who grew up their whole life wearing masks, social distancing, being subject to random, politically-motivated lock-downs to silence dissent and crush opposition, and never knowing any of the freedoms we had before.
Welcome to the Peoples Republic of America.
If you read between the lines, the government has officially declared that everyone is the ENEMY.
This is forever now. The government never rolls back its power.
Welcome to the Peoples Republic of America